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Show The Magna TlmesWest Valley News, Thursday, July 25, 1996 5 Local Budgeted up to $3.000 The f.layoroCornor Granite School District approves funds for study of uniform dress code policy July holidays most memorable for Utahns during Centennial by GEARLD WRIGHT MAYOR WEST VALLEY CITY The most memorable days for the people of Utah this Centennial Year are July 4th, Statehood Day; and July 24th, Pioneer Day, celebrating the arrival of Pioneers in Salt Lake Valley 149 years ago. Both of these dates are held in high esteem by those who live in Utah. The Pioneers faced famine, perturbed natives, lack of fuel, few seeds for planting, bad weather, and many other difficult obstacles but seldom complained because they had been facing death from many other enemies in the East and Midwest, to say nothing of the loss of family members along the trail west. Today we face different ene- mies, such as drugs, gangs, guns, scams, and problems within our own families. Lately it seems that the most dangerous weapon is parked trucks near large buildings. It is getting so ridiculous that some might think that parking a truck should be illegal. Isnt it interesting the similarities and differences between ttfe two agdsTIn so many ways' our ' techfiolfigfeS' rai'e"6ii'telftV: able, even to the people living : today. A small dot, smaller than a peppercorn, can carry hundreds of pages of information. A computer can make millions of calculations in less than one by GARY R. BLODGETT In the 1840s most people never moved more than a few miles from where they were bom. Today, travel is so easy that one can travel to nearly any spot on earth in just hours. Compare that to Pioneer travel, where 20 miles progress per day was common. It took the Pioneers nearly six months to journey to Salt Lake Valley from near the Mississippi River. Prisons and jails are important to our way of life where one is salted away, making improvement and repentance difficult. In those days, victims would receive financial considerations, labor services, or, if property was taken, the perpetrator had to repay the victim at the rate of $4 for every $1 of value that was damaged or stolen. Why cant service or labor penalties be assessed rather than incarceration? Someone having to clean up graffiti for SO hours or so would be much less likely to repeat the offense than one who is placed in jail for long periods of unproductive time. To me, it is amazing that a politician or businessman who turns out to be a thief, can still cheat, crook or liar be preferred by the people over one who is honest. Either there are unreliable polls or a persons values and standards are not of ;r- v anymore. consequence Character fnust ffldttefr ' We need to take the best from the present, and the best from the past, and amalgamate them into a better life for all of us. A truth has and always will be a truth. An error will always be an error. Our future depends on our understanding of the past. -- EDITOR Granite School District has approved up to $3,000 to continue the study for a proposed dress-alik- e policy in elementary schools. Preliminary studies have been Pleasant made in two schools Green Elementary in Magna and Monore Elementary in West Valley City. However, parents of both schools expressed concerns and asked for further studies before any type of uniform dress policy was initiated. School Board members agreed and approved up to $3,000 for the studies which should be concluded by the spring of next year. No policy will be implemented before the fall of 1997, it was explained. Uniform school wear was sug going full force on street' fiftprovf ments. But it may be the last year that West Valley City will bid the projects. Some city officials would like to invest in the citys own road slurry equipment. To do so, the initial outlay would but the be more than $350,000 savings could be more than that over a one-yeperiod. Savings were first thought to be about $30,000 per year, but costs for having the work contracted has skyrocketed, according to Russ Williardson, director of West nt Residents urged to participate in Operation Safe Car program -- Public Works Valley City Department. He noted that in the past all street slurry sealing was done by one of two local companies. But one comelimpany sold out to the other inating the competition and leaving it open to higher priced bidding. But it also put all the contract Therefore, overlay of Parkway Boulevard from 6400 W. to 7200 W. will be postponed until next year, said Willardson. Award for a major sidewalk proabout 2,400 feet of sideject curb and gutter, and approxiwalk, feet of storm drain 1,100 mately pipe will be done by Workman worKTff COT5gfficOSC324m. thusptacttig'a'tjui'deif oit' getting projects dirnooorw: frbifr3640 to 3982 South. California Pavement Maintenance, Inc., will provide slurry seal for approximately 134,456 square yards of streets throughout the city. Cost is $121,649 approximately 25 cents per square yard more than last year. The final bid was $66,595 issued to Interstate Barricades for applying alkyd resin paint pavement markings on certain WVC streets, especially at crosswalks, school work done on schedule by cities who hire them for the summer work. In this case, Slurry Coating, Inc., sold out to Intermountain Sluriy Seal. Staker Paving won the low bid for overlay projects on city streets during 1996 at a cost of just under $368,000.Price for asphalt concrete increased approximately $5 per cubic yard over last years bid, pushing it over the estimated engineers estimate. zones and railroad crossings. l ; N oJ V s! I & n 5A V w I va V v1 v v 52 by mail every 03 special election. Ten areas will be considered for townships on August 6. At the same and time, three members will be elected for each Township Planning status. for vote that in areas township Board favorably Zoning the Polling locations may be different than those that are used during their to will locate need polling voters primary or general elections; 4 Sunday editions of the Salt Lake Tribune or location in the Aug. Deseret News. For further information, call the Salt Lake County Clerk, elections 4 or 7 (recording). Department at I (2) Thursday I! out-of-sta-te 1 We are locally owned and operated July 26 voter registration deadlinein the July 26 will be the last day a person can register to vote Township election on August 6, 1996. If you live in a proposed township in unincorporated Salt Lake in the Salt Lake County and want to vote, you need to register either and form have the mail or postmarked by Office Elections by County for this satellite no will be There registration stated Swensen. 26, July Vt issues delivered $15 senior citizens, $21 468-342- $ . (voice mail) ASAP and start being safer today. 468-342- "This TO Contact A1 Damewood 699-29- action. streets get slurry, paving improvements; Study plans to purchase own street equipment ar at look-alik- WVC " The Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office Invites you to participate In this free program that helps protect your car from being stolen This little sticker In ; your bade window may well save your car from being another victim. cate $30,000 for children who wanted to participate in the uniform dress program, if adopted, but who could not afford the uniforms. The board, Davidson says, should not buy or assist in the purchase of clothing for children in Granite School District. e dress policy being The proposed is for girls to wear blue skirts or slacks and white blouses, and for boys to wear blue slacks and white shirts. usuCertain items of clothing affiliation a gang ally designating are already taboo in Granite District schools. The continued study being proposed will further deal with parents and school personnel regarding juvenile-relate- d problems, and means of curbing juvenile problems with the use disciplinary gested by Parent Advisory Committees of both schools as a means of reducing juvenile-relate- d problems in the schools. proOpponents to the dress-alik- e posal told Board members that early information supporting the proposal was glaringly biased and interfered with the freedom, dignity and individuality of students. Speaking in favor of the proposal, proponents said they would like to see a voluntary program introduced in the school. One spokesperson noted, however, that the parent committees favoring the policy now believes that to make uniforms mandatory would further divide the schools. One concern Board Vice Davidson President Lynn expressed was a proposal by the Pleasant Green Parent Advisory Committee for the board to allo Phone Nam. Address City. , Discover Visa MasterCard Payment! 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